UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison and fined $500,000 after being convicted on two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution. Despite acquittals on more serious charges, the judge underscored the severity
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Downing Street has firmly denied any government interference in the collapse of the trial against two men accused of spying for China, stressing that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) made its decision independently. The charges were dropped
UK (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The US Supreme Court declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal against her 20-year sex trafficking conviction related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse ring, leaving her sentence intact. Maxwell’s legal team argued that a 2007 non-prosecution agreement with
England (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Green Party has passed a motion at its 2025 conference committing to the gradual abolition of private landlords in England and Wales, advocating increased council housing and rent controls. This policy aims to tackle the housing
The relationship between the House of Commons and the House of Lords has always been at the heart of the UK constitutional landscape. The House of Commons expresses a democratic mandate for the people, whereas the House of Lords has a more
The British constitutional system is quite distinct since no single document contains the whole system in a written form. This makes it a mixed combination of statutes along with judicial decisions, authoritative texts, and conventions. Among these conventions, it is the Salisbury
New analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) demonstrates the urgency of scrapping the two-child limit, alongside a key reform to Universal Credit. A “protected minimum floor” would introduce a safety net into Universal Credit below which no one should fall, by
The Labour Government say they will “mobilise the power of the state to build a new generation of new towns and restore the dream of home ownership to thousands of families”, the Housing Secretary is expected to said on Sunday. Steve Reed
The Labour government will deliver new homeownership opportunities for Armed Forces’ families and veterans as part of a drive to boost housebuilding on Ministry of Defence land. John Healey, Labour’s Defence Secretary, will announce the new ‘Forces First’ approach in a speech
Today, Monday 29th September, in her first speech to Labour Party Conference as Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood will announce that legal migrants must contribute to society to earn the right to stay for good. The Home Secretary has set out a series
